1 Thessalonians 1:9

God's Word

They talk about how you welcomed us when we arrived. They even report how you turned away from false gods to serve the real, living God

Cross References

Psalm 42:2

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When may I come to see God’s face?

Psalm 84:2

My soul longs and yearns for the Lord’s courtyards. My whole body shouts for joy to the living God.

Isaiah 37:17

Turn your ear toward me, Lord, and listen. Open your eyes, Lord, and see. Listen to the entire message that Sennacherib sent to defy the living God.

Isaiah 37:4

The Lord your God may have heard the words of the field commander. His master, the king of Assyria, sent him to defy the living God. The Lord your God may punish him because of the message that the Lord your God heard. Pray for the few people who are left.”

Jeremiah 10:10

But the Lord is the only God. He is the living God and eternal king. The earth trembles when he is angry. The nations can’t endure his fury.

Jeremiah 16:19

The Lord is my strength and my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble. Nations come to you from the most distant parts of the world and say, “Our ancestors have inherited lies, worthless and unprofitable gods.”

Daniel 6:26

I decree that in every part of my kingdom people should tremble with terror in front of Daniel’s God, the living God who continues forever. His kingdom will never be destroyed. His power lasts to the end ⌞of time⌟.

Hosea 1:10

“Yet, the Israelites will become as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore. No one will be able to measure them or count them. Wherever they were told, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be told, ‘You are the children of the living God.’

Zephaniah 2:11

The Lord will terrify them, because he will make all the gods of the earth waste away. So every person from every coast and nation will bow to him.

Malachi 1:11

“From the nations where the sun rises to the nations where the sun sets, my name will be great. Incense and pure offerings will be offered everywhere in my name, because my name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord of Armies.

Matthew 16:16

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God!”

Acts 14:15

and said, “Men, what are you doing? We’re human beings like you. We’re spreading the Good News to you to turn you away from these worthless gods to the living God. The living God made the sky, the land, the sea, and everything in them.

Romans 9:26

Wherever they were told, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called children of the living God.”

1 Corinthians 12:2

You know that when you were unbelievers, every time you were led to worship false gods you were worshiping gods who couldn’t even speak.

Deuteronomy 5:26

Who has ever heard the voice of the living God speak from a fire, as we did, and lived?

1 Thessalonians 2:1

You know, brothers and sisters, that our time with you was not wasted.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

Here is another reason why we never stop thanking God: When you received God’s word from us, you realized it wasn’t human words. Instead, you accepted it for what it really is—God’s word. This word is at work in you believers.

1 Timothy 4:10

Certainly, we work hard and struggle to live a godly life, because we place our confidence in the living God. He is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

Hebrews 12:22

Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to tens of thousands of angels joyfully gathered together

Joshua 3:10

Joshua continued, “This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that he will certainly force the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites out of your way.

1 John 5:21

Dear children, guard yourselves from false gods.

Revelation 17:2

The kings of the earth had sex with her, and those living on earth became drunk on the wine of her sexual sins.”

1 Samuel 17:26

David asked the men who were standing near him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and gets rid of Israel’s disgrace? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should challenge the army of the living God?”

1 Samuel 17:36

I have killed lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them because he has challenged the army of the living God.”